Leonard Maltin

Known for: Acting

Born: 1950-12-18 (age 75)

From: New York City, New York, USA

Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is best known for his eponymous annual book of movie capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, which was published annually from 1969 to 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Maltin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (167)

MOVIE
Now, Irving Rapper
2026
as Self
MOVIE
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
as Self
MOVIE
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
2023
as Self
TV★ 7.6
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
MOVIE★ 4.2
Only in Theaters
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Cinema's First Colors
2021
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cinema Finds Its Voice
2021
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 4.0
8 Winds
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Méliès Mystery
2021
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.4
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
2019
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.0
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
2019
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.8
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
Carl Laemmle
2019
as Himself
TV★ 6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.4
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017
as Self
MOVIE
Cartoon Camera
2017
as Self (Host)
MOVIE★ 6.7
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Notfilm
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fanarchy
2015
as Self
MOVIE
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
Women He's Undressed
2015
as Self
MOVIE
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014
as Self
TV★ 8.5
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Leonard Maltin (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
as Self
MOVIE
The One and Only June Foray
2013
as Self
MOVIE
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.9
Pablo
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
2011
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.9
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
MOVIE
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
MOVIE★ 7.4
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
TV★ 5.4
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
as Self
TV
Maltin on Movies
2010
MOVIE★ 7.2
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009
as Self
MOVIE
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
Dick Tracy Special
2009
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
as Self
MOVIE
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
as Self - Film Critic and Historian
MOVIE★ 5.6
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008
as Self
MOVIE
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
2008
as Himself
MOVIE
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Heckler
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bloodsucking Cinema
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Searchers 2.0
2007
as Film Critic
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Pixar Story
2007
as Self
MOVIE
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.0
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
2007
as Self
MOVIE
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006
MOVIE★ 7.2
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
American Scary
2006
as Himself
MOVIE
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
as Self
MOVIE
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005
MOVIE★ 6.0
From Kansas City to Hollywood
2005
as Self
MOVIE
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
2005
as Himself
MOVIE★ 10.0
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
as Self / historian and film critic
MOVIE★ 7.5
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
TV
The Annie Awards
2005
as Self - Host
MOVIE
Remembering Harold
2005
as Himself
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Man Behind the Duck
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Voice Behind the Mouse
2004
as Himself
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
2004
as Himself
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Conversation with Joe Grant
2004
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.0
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
2004
as Leonard Maltin
MOVIE★ 6.3
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
2003
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
2003
as Self
MOVIE
Curtains for Roy Earle
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.4
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
2003
as Self, Film Historian
MOVIE
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002
as Leonard Maltin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Studio Tour
2002
as self
MOVIE★ 7.7
Cinerama Adventure
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
John Ford Goes to War
2002
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Crockett Craze
2001
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Conversation with Fess Parker
2001
as Host
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Omen Legacy
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
as Self
TV★ 3.8
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
MOVIE★ 6.1
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
2001
as Self / Interviewer
MOVIE★ 6.6
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2001
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
as Self
MOVIE
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.3
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self - Film Critic and Historian
MOVIE★ 10.0
Keepers of the Frame
1999
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.0
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Forgotten Silver
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
1997
as Self - Film Historian
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
as Self
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
TV★ 6.8
Arli$$
1996
as Leonard Maltin
TV★ 7.8
Freakazoid!
1995
as Himself (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.8
James Dean and Me
1995
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
as Self
MOVIE
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1994
MOVIE
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
as Self
MOVIE
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
1993
as Host
MOVIE★ 10.0
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Making of High Noon
1992
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
1992
as Host
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Leonard Maltin
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Lost Stooges
1990
as Self
TV★ 7.7
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989
as Leonard Maltin
MOVIE★ 8.7
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
1989
as Himself
MOVIE★ 9.0
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
as Self
MOVIE
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Making of the Stooges
1984
as Self
TV★ 4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
TV★ 6.1
Davy Crockett
1954
as DVD Release Host
MOVIE
Animators At Play
1930
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
—
as Narrator
MOVIE
Movie Maniacs: Leonard Maltin on the Columbia Three Stooges Shorts
—
as Himself